Place details
Place nameAmiens
Other namesAmbianum, Samasobriva, Samarabriva, Samarobriva, Ambianis
CountryFrance
Latitude49.9
Longitude2.3
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
One of leading representatives of Gothic architecture in Europe; site of famous Notre Dame cathedral; chief city of medieval county Ameénois; a Roman city Christianized in the 4th century; captured by many powers from the 16th to the 19th century; held by Germany 1914.
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